Nothing to Fear: FDR’s Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America
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From New York Times editorial board member Adam Cohen, a revelatory account of the personal dynamics that shaped FDR’s inner circle and a political narrative of the hundred days that made modern America.
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The book arrived in a timely manner, in the condition promised.
How excellent is that!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Like many, I spent some time helping the DNC and effective on the Obama battle. I was cynical about our nation’s collective intelligence and I couldn’t take the possibility of winning seriously. I wish I had read Cohen’s brilliant book earlier, it reveals not only what is possible but what really happened in our nation’s past -how the country can change its political mind and how dedicated people can make a difference.
The parallels between Hoover/FDR and Bush/Obama are arresting – Bush’s ideology matched Hoover’s obsession with laissez-faire, unregulated markets, only-help-huge-business. This philosophy led to calamity and the country reacted to the neglect by electing a charismatic “change” candidate. “Nothing to Dread” clearly lays out what kind of change is possible if a country is ready for it. It seems that we are luckier now than during the depression – but the huge question will be how well Obama’s cabinet performs and how bold our solutions will be.
“Nothing to Dread” is wonderfully researched and written. Through the clever use of mini-biographies of key cabinet members the tale of FDR, his cabinet and the first 100 days is told. While FDR is the catalyst and political guide the real heroes are the men and women behind the throne who became FDR’s cabinet.
Cohen stated in an interview that he ongoing writing the book because he noticed the New Deal was under attack and wanted a better understanding of where and why the original legislation was made. Through either luck or unbelievable prescience he has written a timely masterpiece that paints a picture of how terrible things could get and what the role of government can be. I judge this book is a must-read for everyone who wants to know what Obama could mean when he talks about “Hope” and “Change”.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
This is a fantastic book! It is especially timely agreed the mess our country is in right now. This is a excellent read for every American.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Overall this is a fun book to read in that it is about a critical piece of our history with which we should all be familiar. It is positively eerie though to see the incredible overlaps with the same period (first 100 days) in Obama’s presidency. All of the same opinion are being made now, and most even in the same way. It is hard to judge we are repeating so much of the same history.
To be sure, the book is a pleased, cheerleading one about all the fantastic changes that were taking place; in large part, thanks to all the beloved people in FDR’s administration. Sadly though, there is no attempt at balance so it can’t be taken as serious history. Left out is that in the end FDR’s New Deal was The Fantastic Depression. This clarifies why, for example, Robert Morganthau(FDR’s own Treasury Secretary) said in 1939, after 10 years of depression, “We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we ever have spent before and it does not work… We have never made excellent on our promises…I say after eight years of this administration we have just as much unemployment as when we ongoing… And an enormous debt to boot!”
To its credit, the book does just briefly mention that in 1939 17 million Americans (15% of the entire population) were still on FDR’s gov’t make-work programs, and another 17% were still unemployed.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
This is a vibrant history. The FDR era and people live and breath. Cheers fo Cohen.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5